If you are just visiting and found the information you were looking for please contribute to the running costs by making a donation.	Forums : : Register : : Log In : : Log Out : : Help : : Calendar : : Search
	My Setup : : Member List : : Contact Admin : : Today's Posts

All Forums >> [Bottle Forums] >> Cleaning and Repairing >> Cleaning Stained Bottles

Page: [1]

Login Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>

Cleaning Stained Bottles - 8/21/2010 4:45:45 PM    ConsDigginVids   Posts: 342 Joined: 7/18/2010 From: ConsDigginVids@gmail.com Status: offline I have alot a white stained bottles, and i was wondering how to remove the stain? Post #: 1

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 8/21/2010 5:11:26 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 11900 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online Well, to put it bluntly, it aint easy! This staining is also referred to as "sickness" ..a sick bottle can not be cleaned because the glass itself has permanaently interacted with minerals. The traditional way of restoring a sick bottle is by having it tumbled. This is an expensive process, involving days of slowly grinding away the sick glass in a mixture of abrasive grit and copper pellets, turning inside an enclosed cylinder.. it only makes sense to pursue this technique if the bottle is valuable, or if you have your own tumbler setup. There are ways to "cheat" like keeping the bottle filled with water, or coating it with mineral oil.. this will make the sickness less visible, but it does not fix it. Do not do this if you are trying to sell the bottle!!! (in reply to ConsDigginVids) Post #: 2

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 8/22/2010 7:50:37 AM    Poison_Us   Posts: 2797 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: online Several members here do tumble as a service.  Or if you want to do it yourself as you have a lot to do and think you will have many more in the future, you can invest in a tumbler.  http://www.jardoctor.com/   has just about everything.  A few members were selling tumblers just a while ago. _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 3

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 8/22/2010 12:26:50 PM    ConsDigginVids   Posts: 342 Joined: 7/18/2010 From: ConsDigginVids@gmail.com Status: offline thanks for the help guys.... altho most of the stain is inside the the bottle. So how do i try to get rid of it??? (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 4

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 8/22/2010 1:14:21 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11468 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline try muriatic acid. If its just hard water (lime) stain it may make an improvement. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to ConsDigginVids) Post #: 5

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 8/22/2010 4:11:42 PM    ConsDigginVids   Posts: 342 Joined: 7/18/2010 From: ConsDigginVids@gmail.com Status: offline alrighty thanks Matt.. picked up a mission beverages from frederick MD today (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 6

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 8/22/2010 4:29:31 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11468 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline If I ever ventured into collecting sodas I think it would be art decos, they are too cool. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to ConsDigginVids) Post #: 7

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 8/27/2010 6:14:33 AM    holygeez   Posts: 19 Joined: 5/2/2010 From: Ontario, Canada Status: offline To clean some of my bottles, I used regular table salt. Whether or not it is recommended (before I get pummelled)...it worked for me. I used salt with a little hot water and swished it around. This took out the dirt I couldn't get to and that lime scale. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 8

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 9/12/2010 12:01:57 PM    nhpicker   Posts: 223 Joined: 2/25/2010 Status: offline I have been using wood bleach (oxalic acid) with pretty good results. You can get it in almost any hardware store. It is usually by the paint and wood stripper chems. (in reply to holygeez) Post #: 9

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 9/18/2010 9:50:02 PM    Bixby Bill Posts: 342 Joined: 4/24/2009 From: Ellington, CT Status: offline I like to use denture cleaner in my bottles, use one tablet for a small bottle, 2 for something like a blob top soda, etc. Let it soak for a couple days and it will loosen anything in there that can be loosened without tumbling it. It won`t remove cloudiness, but I`ve had some bottles that I thought were sick but just turned out to be content stain, and the Efferdent loosened it so it could be cleaned out. _____________________________ Always looking for anything Bixby: bottles, tins, boxes, trade cards, advertising, etc. Been collecting for 33 years and still don`t have enough of them! Also looking for early gas & steam engines, machinery, and Conn. drugstore bottles! (in reply to nhpicker) Post #: 10

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 10/7/2010 10:13:17 PM    Dale Posts: 145 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Texas Status: offline I use the Works toilet bowl cleaner, you need to use elbow length rubber gloves. I got mine at an auto parts store. The Works is very corrosive. If you get any of it on your skin or eyes, wash it out with water immediately. The Works is about as good as anything else I've tried. If I have alot of bottles to clean at one time I will take a 5 gallon bucket and pour one bottle (1 qt) of the Works into it and fill it about 3/4 full of water and let them soak, depending on how bad they are, from 30 minutes to 2 to 3 hours. And then I use a small brass chain, about a foot long, I got the chain from the hardware store, it is used for hanging lamps and decorations. I have another 5 gal bucket filled with clean water that I will rinse them out with. I will put the chain with a little bit of water in the bottle and shake it around the stained areas. You may have to do it several times, but it will usually take most of the stains out. If I only have 1 or 2 bottles I will pour the Works directly into the bottles and let them soak. After I'm thru letting them soak I will pour the Works back into the bottle to reuse. On the outside of the bottle I will use some scotch brite. Dale _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbTpwtBupqg (in reply to ConsDigginVids) Post #: 11

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 10/8/2010 8:15:14 AM    suzanne   Posts: 688 Joined: 3/29/2009 Status: offline Be careful using toilet cleaner because if you leave the bottle in it too long it will make the glass dead looking.   I found this out when I was using double blind studies to see if any common household products would remove sickness.  I put one bottle in The Works and one in white vinegar for a week to see if either of them would help.  At the end of the week the vinegar bottle was clean but still sick and the toilet cleaner bottle was still sick and also had taken on a permanant unattractive dullness. (in reply to ConsDigginVids) Post #: 12

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 10/8/2010 11:31:20 AM    Dale Posts: 145 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Texas Status: offline Thanks for the info. Dale _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbTpwtBupqg (in reply to suzanne) Post #: 13

RE: Cleaning Stained Bottles - 12/5/2010 9:03:20 PM    2467ALPCA   Posts: 1 Joined: 12/5/2010 From: Alabama Status: offline Good to know stuff here. I'm sure glad I joined this group. I've collected bottles for almost 40 years, I used to dig them but lost all my spots through the years. Cleaning the inside of many bottles has always been a problem. I've just found the solution. (in reply to Poison_Us) Post #: 14

All Forums >> [Bottle Forums] >> Cleaning and Repairing >> Cleaning Stained Bottles

Page: [1]

New Messages No New Messages Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages

Post New Thread  Reply to Message  Post New Poll  Submit Vote  Delete My Own Post  Delete My Own Thread  Rate Posts